City report · Southern Darfur, Sudan
Nyala Air quality today
Air quality in Nyala currently reads AQI 80 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 80
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 22.6
- tree cover
- 7.4%
- trees in this area
- 23.2K
- more trees needed
- 71.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Nyala, Sudan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 7, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Nyala · AQI 80 (Moderate)
Nyala's tree count comes to 23,248 trees across 12.57 km², 23 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 71,000 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Nyala today: AQI 80, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 09:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
22.6
PM10
116.9
NO₂
0.7
O₃
62.0
SO₂
0.8
CO
120.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Nyala's daily AQI at 85 on average, from 73 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 142 on Nov 7.
Where Nyala stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Nyala: Critically low
7.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
23,248
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
71,000
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,562 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Nyala lost?
There was almost no forest around Nyala in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
- 106
- Winejok447.8 km
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- Tree cover
- 5%
- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Nyala right now?
The latest reading for Nyala shows an AQI of 80 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 09:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Nyala today?
At AQI 80 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Nyala been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Nyala's daily AQI at 85 on average, from 73 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 142 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Nyala lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Nyala in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
What is the tree count in Nyala?
Nyala has an estimated 23,248 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 7.4% tree cover, 23 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Nyala need?
Nyala needs roughly 71,000 more trees to close a 23-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,562 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Nyala's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Nyala; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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